diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
index 3bb7a8e4982..b4127d83773 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays.py
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ class hr_holidays(osv.osv):
                 if record.employee_id and not record.holiday_status_id.limit:
                     leaves_rest = holi_status_obj.get_days( cr, uid, [record.holiday_status_id.id], record.employee_id.id, False)[record.holiday_status_id.id]['remaining_leaves']
                     if leaves_rest < record.number_of_days_temp:
-                        raise osv.except_osv(_('Warning!'),_('You cannot validate leaves for employee %s: too few remaining days (%s).') % (record.employee_id.name, leaves_rest))
+                        raise osv.except_osv(_('Warning!'),_('There  are no %s allocated  for employee %s, Please create allocation request for this leave type.') % (record.holiday_status_id.name,record.employee_id.name))
         return True
 hr_holidays()
 
diff --git a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
index 22d4d6e567d..e52124bf4c5 100644
--- a/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
+++ b/addons/hr_holidays/hr_holidays_view.xml
@@ -65,18 +65,18 @@
                 <form string="Leave Request">
                     <group col="8" colspan="4">
                     <field name="name" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','!=','draft'),('state','!=','confirm')]}"/>
-                    <field name="holiday_type" on_change="onchange_type(holiday_type)" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','!=','draft')]}" width="130" string="Mode" groups="base.group_hr_manager"/>
+                    <field name="holiday_type" on_change="onchange_type(holiday_type)" attrs="{'readonly':[('state','!=','draft')]}" width="130" string="Mode" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
                     <group attrs="{'invisible':[('holiday_type','=','employee')]}">
                         <field name="category_id" attrs="{'required':[('holiday_type','=','category')], 'readonly':[('state','!=','draft')]}"/>
                         </group>
                         <group attrs="{'invisible':[('holiday_type','=','category')]}">
-                        <field name="employee_id" attrs="{'required':[('holiday_type','=','employee')]}"/>
+                        <field name="employee_id" attrs="{'required':[('holiday_type','=','employee')]}" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
                         </group>
                     </group>
                     <notebook colspan="4">
                         <page string="General">
                             <field name="holiday_status_id" on_change="onchange_sec_id(holiday_status_id)" context="{'employee_id':employee_id}"/>
-                            <field name="department_id" attrs="{'readonly':[('holiday_type','=','category')]}"/>
+                            <field name="department_id" attrs="{'readonly':[('holiday_type','=','category')]}" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
                             <field name="date_from" on_change="onchange_date_from(date_to, date_from)" required="1"/>
                             <field name="date_to" on_change="onchange_date_from(date_to, date_from)" required="1"/>
                             <field name="number_of_days_temp"/>
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@
             <field name="type">tree</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <tree colors="red:state == 'refuse';blue:state == 'draft';black:state in ('confirm','validate','validate1')" string="Allocation Requests">
-                    <field name="holiday_type"/>
                     <field name="employee_id"/>
+                    <field name="holiday_type"/>
                     <field name="category_id"/>
                     <field name="department_id" invisible="1"/>
                     <field name="holiday_status_id"/>
@@ -231,21 +231,21 @@
             <field name="type">tree</field>
             <field name="arch" type="xml">
                 <tree colors="red:state == 'refuse';blue:state == ' draft';black:state in ('confirm','validate','validate1')" string="Leave Requests">
-                    <field name="holiday_type"/>
                     <field name="employee_id"/>
-                    <field name="category_id"/>
-                    <field name="department_id" invisible="not context.get('set_visible',False)"/>
-                    <field name="holiday_status_id"/>
+                    <field name="holiday_type" groups="base.group_hr_user"/>
                     <field name="name"/>
-                    <field name="number_of_days" string="Number of Days" sum="Remaining Days"/>
                     <field name="date_from"/>
                     <field name="date_to"/>
+                    <field name="number_of_days" string="Number of Days" sum="Remaining Days"/>
+                    <field name="state"/>
+                    <field name="category_id" invisible="1"/>
+                    <field name="department_id" invisible="not context.get('set_visible',False)"/>
+                    <field name="holiday_status_id" invisible="1"/>
                     <field name="manager_id" invisible="1"/>
                     <field name="user_id" invisible="1"/>
                     <!--field name="type"/-->
-                    <field name="state"/>
-                    <button string="Approve" name="validate" states="confirm" type="workflow" icon="gtk-apply" groups="base.group_hr_user,base.group_hr_manager"/>
-                    <button string="Approved" name="second_validate" states="validate1" type="workflow" icon="gtk-apply" groups="base.group_hr_user,base.group_hr_manager"/>
+                    <button string="Approve" name="validate" states="confirm" type="workflow" icon="gtk-apply" groups="base.group_hr_user,base.group_hr_manager" invisible="1"/>
+                    <button string="Approved" name="second_validate" states="validate1" type="workflow" icon="gtk-apply" groups="base.group_hr_user,base.group_hr_manager" invisible="1"/>
                 </tree>
             </field>
         </record>